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it's a micro-album

are you sure about that
 

 

i gave it a go! btw, for you and anyone else who browses this section and might need to know, there's a site that can extract lyrics from some of these sites with text in a flash container so it can't be copy pasted. rocklyric isn't supported, but utamap and others are, if you ever need it: https://franklai-lyric-get.appspot.com/


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torn telegram

music/lyrics: ao sakurai

 

—so quiet my ears won't stop ringing.
time for silent prayer.
tears must live behind the words i'm tired of hearing.—
 

there's a stranger i know very well.
a child squats and looks at him.
 

"but who might this person be? but who might this person be?"
—i told you!

the nostalgic cruelty that quietly torments me

when happy memories start overflowing.
the transience attached to life,
is the present a prophetic dream i had one day?
 

"but who might this person be? but who might this person be?"

 

—my past self is watching.
smiling, i bit through my mouth and answered.
 

in the warm darkness stained with the light stippled through tree leaves,
the deep red world acknowledges all.
the lifeless telegram on the table,
still ripped, screams for me!
 

"i want to go home!"

i looked up pieces and parts on twitter until i had the whole song basically
edit: figured out the missing line!

kanji

romaji

 

might attempt an english translation later idk this song is wild

I don't really know much about this group but I enjoyed the song and I thought the lyrics were interesting.

 

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ah, i'm no one at all. i have no room at all to doubt that,
i don't feel like my cells are working.
 

ah, everyone, why are you laughing? i was just staring at what can't be seen.
don't go out of your way to look at me with narrowed eyes.
 

prejudice is born of ignorance, i was raised by hindrances,
this soul of mine left me like cigarette smoke climbing upwards.
 

ah, what have i been protecting in the first place? here so long that the seedlings have coiled around my feet.
 

like a cattle whose life has been toyed with, my powerlessness just nourishes me.
so death, and yet also life:
neither one really appeals to me.
such an unaccommodating world has no place for me to go.

5 hours ago, Elazmus said:

lol all this circus shit is just kinda thrown over the back of the typical warehouse setup

it's definitely sloppy lmao but i'm enjoying their vk cheese phase waaaay more than their hardcore cheese phase

i stan this song for the eyepatch

some of the member comments seem very salty, reminiscent of Mix Speaker’s Inc. disbandment comments, drama ensuing on tanuki

 

salty samplings:

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Bass JR:

"[...]
Following last year's hiatus, this year too ends incomplete.
Leaving this result behind, I don't fully grasp the regret and sadness.
What was it?
 

It was the result of talking through things many times, but suddenly we had a request for withdrawal [from the band] with a set date.
Even though this year we'd done tons of scheduling, talked with the label, got in touch with many bands, and made a plan to make Otome Kokka pop off.
But it all went away in an instant.
 

A band isn't something you can run by yourself. It's something where you need to borrow the strength of all kinds of people, and make requests of all kinds of people. But there was someone who couldn't agree with that notion.

This will be my last band. Everything about it was incomplete. [...]

 

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"AL" Arumi: (note: I don't know what the fuck this guy does but he doesn't play an instrument anymore and he used to be their drummer so explain that one)

[...] Everything was something that was possible because we were this group of 6, and it was such a wonder to me. So I can't fully accept Orochi's decision to put his efforts into something else with any kind of emotion, and I'm just feeling like I don't get it. "

 

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Guitar Haru:
[...] We went on hiatus for a bit and had bumps but I found myself in love with Otome Kokka and thinking I could do this band for the rest of my life.
 

But none of that will come true with this announcement.
 

When we last went on hiatus and we couldn't see through the Citizen's Holiday (Citizens = Otome Kokka fans, I assume this is an anniversary live or sthng), I was regretful, but I was thinking when we came back we could continue what we didn't do last year. But alas.

One the day of the Citizen's Holiday, which we decided last year, the schedule of the other band of the member leaving overlapped, and he never explained himself. So honestly I still don't know what I think.
 

Well, I've experienced having two bands at once so I get it, schedule management is tough, but choosing that path and joining Otome Kokka because you wanted to and then letting things ends like this. It's just sad.
 

When I think that this will be my last band I just feel sadness and frustration and other unbearable feelings. [...]

choice comments from tanuki
 

 

can't fathom of any drama less interesting to me than ex-loop ash, but given that they toured/worked together i assume it's something similar, but Sana has fallen so far out of relevancy for tanuki that you'd likely have better luck with european sources. i'm not sure on the details but Too Wild headed by Gloria, the "label" that is/was in charge of the fanclub for Satsuki in Europe was doing shit like milking Sana fans (specifically they had to join the Satsuki fanclub to hear Sana's new song and participate in the Sana fanmeet)... and that's literally the only mention of Sana outside of MASK on tanuki

the whole maruei department store is closing?! daaaaamn. it looks like little hearts intends on reopening elsewhere at least
and yeah when i lived in nagoya this was probably the one vk specialty shop i never went to lmao. zeal link is in the same area & more convenient

mitsu money -- he had a huge bankroll in girls paying him during 2011-2012 (before the shit hit the fan basically, presumably during RES too) & as to why, presumably feeding his narcissism and a gaijin complex. a lot of free-will adjacent bands were the ones trying to make moves abroad (RIP clash against commercialism) so that might have something to do with it as well

here goes xoxo

 

 

1 hour ago, qotka said:

'i don't go to yoshiki, he comes to me'. 

legend

Just for clarification the documentary portion is only available on the deluxe edition (it's allegedly abt 1.5 hours of content). Limited DVD contains only PV+making of.

btw the server outage initially sparked a bunch of rumors that someone had gotten arrested for libel or something from the wota/youtube side of tanuki (which a lot of gya/band tanuki doesn't know exists and vice versa). of course the minute it was back there was a thread for exposing people who expressed joy about its demise on twitter lmao

decola hopping was a nagoya band thus they are technically neo oshare nagoya kei, check AND mate

between the "undead souls" tour and the "XIII" album, i almost had to wonder if they were picking a fight with ex Sadie members after THE THIRTEEN stole "URGE" from hazuki
(i'm kidding, all of these concepts are obvious anyway.)

 

i'm going to buy the premium version but i have to say, lynch. instrumentals are something i just don't see a need for... very hype for interview booklet & "documentary" vid though

I have an alternative translation if you're interested c:

 

SORROW

 

dusk comes, stained in twilight*
quietly setting aside my sadness

 

i believed we'd keep on walking,
this permanence lighting a flame in our hearts
but the sound of it all crumbling echoes nearby
i'm alone and i've lost everything

 

what i remember are those dream-like days,
the irreplaceable meetings and joys

 

glistening

 

the moon on the surface of the too-beautiful amber sea
i covered it up with my hands, unable as they were to protect a thing
the stars on the surface of the too-beautiful vermilion** sky
when i breathe and abandon my senses to this moment

 

if all things come to an end
then will even this sea dry up?

 

i can't recall those important words
i can't touch that closed-off dream
all that's certain are the days we cried together
and the wishes and promises i can't forget

 

glistening

 

dusk comes, stained in twilight
quietly setting aside my sadness

 

i made you sad, didn't it?
i won't ever let go again
so i want you to believe me: someday,
our endless future will be here once again

 

glistening

 

the moon on the surface of the too-beautiful amber sea
i covered it up with my hands, unable as they were to protect a thing
the stars on the surface of the too-beautiful vermilion sky
when i breathe and abandon my senses to this moment

 

the moon on this sea
i breathe in this moment

the stars on this sea
i'm walking towards that future

 

i feel like we can keep on walking,
this permanence lighting a flame in our hearts

 

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*this particular word for twilight also means melancholia/nostalgia
**the actual color is something called "rose madder/madder" but the average English speaker will not recognize this so i chose vermilion

@platyit's these multi-band events where one specific band is considered the host/organizer. the band whose event it is usually play last & gets the longest set so if your fav band isn't big enough for a oneman, these types of events are often a chance to turn up for them

@emmnyyou're barking up the right tree, it's just a convenient cover. i didn't want to get too far into the allegations/stuff that can't actually be proven in the main post. but w/ the initial non-banning of #2 and #3 despite those two having photo proof of being up for resale and the band being given tanumail screenshots, the prevailing theory is that DAYDALA tsunagari/shikiri (who may have actually been holding 2 & 3) was trying to push out/frame S. S isn't even a DAYDALA gya so perhaps they were worried they were going to have negotiation probs with her, or just pissed they couldn't wrestle #1 for their own band's shusai event and wanted to punish whoever did lmfao.

@anadentonetickets are all numbered in japan, so if you get between 1-10 for example, you are the first/second/tenth person allowed in the venue and almost guaranteed a front row spot (the actual fan politics behind where you get to stand are more complicated  but that's the short explanation)

The legality of ticket reselling in Japan is up for debate after Ticket Camp (formerly the biggest ticket resale marketplace) shut down. I assume they were pressured by Johnny's because they got in legal trouble for some non-ticket related issue, but in the articles I read it mentioned the Kobe district court ruled that buying tickets for the sole purpose of resale is considered an act of fraud. Ticket Camp caused a huge backlash so it reflects poorly on large-scale bands who don't deal with resellers... but for these minor bands I think reselling everything with a number <10 is pretty much the culture of vk, lmao.

Slated to host a show on 4/18 at Ikebukuro EDGE (w/ 万鬼隊 / type:『seeD』/ MIDGARD / 爆烈ストーム!! & others), DAYDALA announced on March 27th that they would render ticket #1 invalid due to reselling for profit.
 

This is not altogether unheard of -- tickets that have been resold have been banned from entry, but it's usually for bigger bands.
However, it seems the holder of #1 -- we'll call her S -- was a little confused by this choice.
She tweeted that she had definitely been the original purchaser of the ticket through legitimate means, and eventually posted the DMs exchanged between her and the official DAYDALA account. She was even able to provide a receipt of the purchase (these receipts do not contain the ticket number),  but they opted to offer her only a refund.
 

 

When S pressed them to provide proof that #1 was in fact resold, they posted screenshots from tanuki (this is historical -- it is an open secret that bands and management browse the board, but an official account posting screenshots of 1) a selling post and 2) a tanumail conversation is unheard of).

 

 

The listing originally posted on tanuki claims to have tickets #1-3. The chances of this poster being S are already fairly low as her receipt shows the price of one ticket. The odds of picking up #1 and #2-3 are stacked very high against her unless she juggles multiple SMS-verified accounts and somehow obtained #1 and #2-3, or is selling on behalf of a friend who was coincidentally able to purchase #2-3. More importantly though, the proof photo doesn't show #1 at all. Additionally, the source of the tanumail screenshot is also up for debate -- unless the band was trying to purchase the resold tickets themselves (something that has been done before, but generally by larger bands b/c I don't think DAYDALA could have afforded even the original 15,000y asking price), it seems they received it as a "tip" from someone else.

This really opened the floodgates -- why weren't #2 and #3 banned as well if this was the source? Why was #1 banned despite being the only one without solid evidence?

Their next step was to ban all of #1-3 but provide refunds upon further discussion with S. By this point tanuki was in an absolute frothing rage. People posting "for sale" posts for numbers 4-100 in a joking attempt to get them invalidated descended as DAYDALA thread after DAYDALA thread was created.
 

Member Haku attempted various forms of damage control on his individual twitter, but the horde was angry and wanted justice for S.
Finally, they rescinded their invalidation for all three tickets and gave a heartfelt apology.

Masato of meta-kei/tanuki-kei/meme-kei band kaitou sentai lined up to take a shot at DAYDALA for their slip-up:
"I was tired and sleeping forever. Good morning.
I had a dream that the #1 ticket I worked so hard to get was suddenly rendered invalid.
Hope it doesn't come true..."
 

 

this is the most appealing PV they've filmed to date.
the song's lyrics are pretty obviously about AK's departure (and they strongly hinted at his return), so it's an interesting choice for his comeback PV.

lmao i solemnly swear i'll write out the extended Satsuki drama in the rumors section or something for y'all after my exams next week, but the very very short story is that he was accused of extorting and threatening the 5 fans he had in Japan post-RES until they turned on him. he has by far the worst reputation of any bandman except maybe the dude from Egoist... legendary kusomen